Software industry

No industry moves faster than the software industry. Because there is little physical manufacturing requirement, product changes can be made at the last minute without re-tooling, product updates can be digitally delivered over the Internet, and there are minimal end-of-life inventory management costs. But what about documentation? Do the design specifications and user manuals always describe the version of the product being developed/maintained? Are the test scripts and product support materials still valid? Does the marketing collateral reflect the product’s value proposition accurately?

In industries with rapid product cycles, like software, design and user documentation can easily become out of step with the product's actual functionality, leading to customer dissatisfaction and making product maintenance and support both time-consuming and costly.

Designed from the ground up to support collaborative work methods and processes across the entire product team, SiberSafe Definer addresses the development, integration, consumption and maintenance of product knowledge, ensuring that all team members are on the same page, the product is described fully and accurately, and its design and user documentation are always in synch with the product itself.

SiberSafe Agile Edition addresses the needs of those software development teams that have embarked on the Agile software development methodology. Agile software development is a conceptual framework for software engineering that promotes development iterations throughout the life-cycle of the project.

There are many agile development methods; most minimize risk by developing software in short amounts of time. Software developed during one unit of time is referred to as an iteration, which may last from one to four weeks. Each iteration is an entire software project: including planning, requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, and documentation. An iteration may not add enough functionality to warrant releasing the product to market but the goal is to have an available release (without bugs) at the end of each iteration. At the end of each iteration, the team re-evaluates project priorities.

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